Simulated bowling game



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SIMULATED BOWLING GAME Filed Dec. 25, lff

/NAMG/ I daf/MZ'. M651 WAHM A /v Patented May 15, 1951 Unirse staresgarant ortica SIMULATED BOWLING GAME John D. Nagel and Waiter Lang,Chicago, Ill.

Application December 23, 19%, Serial No. 717,828 1 Claim. (C1. 27s- 119)The object of our invention is to provide a novel combined ash tray andminiature bowling game in which the ash tray may -be used to greateradvantage at the same time the game is being played inasmuch as the trayremains in a fixed position while the ball is being set in motion; andalso to provide a device of this character in which it is easier toactuate the ball, which is accomplished by twirling the uprightcenterniece.

We attain the objects of our invention by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same tilted at right angles to its normalposition to save space on the drawing sheet; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the center of the device, thecenter-piece being shown complete except for a small broken-away portionto show the depth of the recesses at its base.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in each of the severa1views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, we provide an ash tray l havingan outwardly slanting surface 2 bearing score-card markings. At thecenter of the ash tray is a center-piece in the form of a bowling pin 4,which is encircled by a series of ten recesses 6 each having the outlineof a bowling pin and each bearing a numeral, such as the numerals 5shown on Fig. 3 of the drawings. A transparent plate or ring 3 of glassor plastic surrounds the bowling pin 4 and rests on the circular wall l2which constitutes the inner wall of the annular ash tray I0. The bowlingpin 4 may be any upright, cylindrical object which may be revolved. Atthe base of the bowling pin are correspondingly positioned recesses orindentations 'l aligned with the recesses 6 and against any of which theminiature bowling ball B may rest. The bowling pin 4 is loosely mountedon the central pin 9 which is inserted from the bottom of the tray, asshown in Fig. 3. The base of the game device is flat In this device theash tray does not have to be lifted from the table or tilted but theball is set in motion by the center-piece 4 and stops in one of therecesses 1 corresponding to the like position recess 6 on the upperportion of the bowling pin 4. The outer wall 2 of the ash tray bearsnumerals I l, which designate the play that has been made.

What we claim is: i A game device comprising a horizontally disposedopen top cylindrical receptacle, the bottcm of said receptacle slopinggently downwardly from the side wall of said receptacle toward the u.)center, a simulated bowling pin positioned Vertically and centrallywithin the receptacle and having its upper end projecting upwardly abovethe top of said receptacle and having its lower end resting on saidbottom and mounted thereon 20 for rotation about a vertical axis, saidbowling pin adjacent its lower end being provided with recesses arrangedcircumferentially, a ball freely positioned in said receptacie and4resting on the bottom thereof adapted to roll into any one of 25 saidrecesses, and a transparent cover provided at I3 but has an upwardlyslanting surrounding 4 surface I4 which forms a track and which at itsoutside part has a 5 percent higher elevation than the center of thebottom part on which the bowlving pin or cylindrical object 4 rests.

with a central opening positioned on the top of said receptacle with theupper end of said bowling pin projecting through said opening wherebysaid bowling pin may be manually rotated, said i bowling pin beingprovided with scoring indicia above said recesses'.

JOHN D. NAGEL. WALTER LANG.

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